The Fang family has a long history of nearly 4700 years, which originated from the family. The eleventh grandson of Emperor Yan of Shennong and the eldest son of the eighth emperor are called Lei. When the Yellow Emperor cut Chiyou, Lei was sealed in Fangshan (now Yuzhou City, Henan Province). After Lei was sealed in Fangshan, he was called the surname, and later people were divided into Lei's surname and Fang's surname. When he arrived in West Zhou Xuanwang, one of Lei Fang's descendants was a general named Fang Shu, who was very brave. He was ordered to travel south, put down the rebellion in Man Jing, and made great contributions to Zhou Shi Zhongxing. Therefore, many genealogies of Fang surname in later generations adopted the theory of "following and Fang Shu". Fang's genealogy was compiled in the fifth year of Taikang in the Western Jin Dynasty (AD 284). As early as the second year of Xiankang in the Eastern Jin Dynasty (AD 336), Fang's genealogy was approved as a "famous ceremony" and told future generations that "it will be hidden for generations and will never be lost". In the Song Dynasty, the Fang family in Xuancheng, Anhui Province was changed to Kuang family. In many places in Guangdong and overseas, the "Lei Fang Kuang" organization was established. Fang, Lei and Kuang come down in one continuous line.
Second, an overview of the party
At the end of the Western Han Dynasty, Fang Yi, the governor of Danyang County, moved from Henan to Dongxiang, Shexian County, Anhui Province (now Chun 'an, Zhejiang Province) because of Wang Mang's usurpation of power, and became the * * * ancestor of two states in the south of the Yangtze River and even all the local governments. The second biography was completed for storage, and its descendants propagated in Yan, Wu, Yue, Jiujiang, Chuyang, Putian, Hui, Xuan, Chi, Xiu, Hu and Chang. There are three sons in the shop. After the eldest son, he traveled to Hu, Chang, Yin, Chu, Renhe, Nanhai, Putian, Xinghua and Jiujiang, and Putian was the most prosperous. Secondly, it was widely spread after Ziyi and Ji Zihong. Fang, who lived in Shedong Town and the traffic hub in Zhejiang during the Han and Tang Dynasties, was mainly descended from Yi and Hong. Fang family is one of the eight famous surnames in Huizhou. Fang is the third surname of Shexian County, and Chun 'an is 1. During the Han and Tang Dynasties, there were 3 1 person above Hou Bo. Until modern times, they were celebrities for thousands of years. They mainly include Fang Chu, a famous minister in the Eastern Han Dynasty, Fang Qing, the leader of the peasant uprising in the Tang Dynasty, Fang Gan, a gifted scholar in the Tang Dynasty, and farmers in the Song Dynasty.
Fang, who first moved to Putian, Fujian, was Fang Guanquan in the Tang Dynasty, and later lived in Fangshan, Putian, and was later called Fang. At the end of the Tang Dynasty, another Fang surname who moved to Putian was Fang Guan Changle, an ancient man who was named Dr. Jin Ziguanglu. He gave birth to seven sons, six of whom were bureaucrats and were called "six parties", and Fang was honored as "the father of six guis", and later generations called him ". Dongguan Daya and so on. There are about 60,000 Fang family names in Putian, 12, which was the seventh surname in Putian County. In the Song and Ming Dynasties, the imperial examination of Putian Fangjia was unprecedented, and more than 360 people competed for the imperial examination (Jinshi and Juren). In Song Dynasty, there were 28 fathers and sons, 26 brothers, and as many as 132 Jinshi. There is nothing like the prosperity of Xinghua Fangjia. " Of the six examples of private collections in Putian history, three were built by the Fang family. Among them, the Bai family's "Baijuanlou" has a total collection of more than 50,000 books, which was the largest library in China at that time. Due to the grand occasion of the imperial examination, many ethnic groups went abroad to be officials, and their descendants settled in other places, with Guangdong as the most. Putian has therefore become another migration of Fangjia after GuShexian.
There are three Fang families in Tongcheng, which is the third surname in Tongcheng. At the end of the Song Dynasty, Fang Deyi moved from Chikou to Tongcheng. From the sixth generation to Fang Mao, Fang Mao chose the capital building in the county town and named it "Duanshifang" after the official name of his ancestors, which was magnificent. Wang Rui, the governor of the capital, called his threshold "Guilin", which means "Guilin". This is the origin of "Guilin Square". Another prosperous clan of Fangs is called "Lu Gufang", whose ancestors came from Huizhou to settle in Tongcheng at the end of Song Dynasty, so it is also called "Orion Fang". There is also a Fang family in Tongcheng, famous for its ancient prose, which has a long and enduring style for hundreds of years. Until the present age, there are many famous people in Tongcheng, such as Fang Kongying, Fang, Fang Yizhi, Fang Zhongtong, Wen Fang, Fang Hengxian, Fang Guancheng, Fang, Fang Zhupu, Fang Zongcheng, Fang Shoudun, Fang Xiaoyue, Fang Dongmei, Fang Lingru and Fang Guide (Shu Wu). The Fang family in Tongcheng not only created the profound "Tongcheng School", but also created the "Tongcheng School" that dominated the literary world in Qing Dynasty for more than 200 years. For the world-famous scholar family Tongcheng Fangjia, Liang Shiqiu once said without exaggeration: "Tongcheng Fangjia may be second only to Qufu Confucius." Zhu Yizun said, "The prosperity of the talents of Fang lies in the population of 10,000, and Mr. Mingshan really learned from it. Southeast scholars, pushing it for ambition. " Tongcheng Fangjia pushed the academic and cultural tradition of Fangjia to a peak and made great contributions to the fame of Fangjia.
Fang's surname originated in Henan and spread around with ancient Huizhou as the center. It is a typical southern surname, and the population center is in the southeast provinces. Anhui, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Jiangsu and Henan are the most, followed by Fujian, Hunan, Guangdong, Taiwan Province, Hainan, Shanghai, Beijing, Tianjin, Shaanxi and Northeast China. Shandong, etc. The Fang family in Wenyang, South Korea, moved from Henan in the Central Plains in the Tang Dynasty. Local chronicles were the first to act. In the Ming Dynasty, Fang Xiaoru refused to draft an imperial edict for Judy who usurped the throne. The inhuman tyrant killed 10 families, with more than 800 victims. Ten thousand people were exiled for collective punishment. This is the biggest disaster in Fang's history. As a result, many family members have been displaced all over the country. Many people who escaped from the clutches changed their surnames to his, for example, it accounted for 0.59 in the whole country, and the Yuan Dynasty ranked 28th among the most popular surnames. There were 49 in the Ming Dynasty, with a population of about 440,000. Accounting for 0.47% of the country. According to the latest statistics, Fang's population ranks 63rd in China, accounting for 0.36% of the whole country.
There are many elites in history. Wen Tianxiang, the top scholar in the Song Dynasty, praised the genealogy of the other side in the Preface: "The Fang family went out of the Zhou Dynasty, and the Han Dynasty came to our dynasty. Sound and light are prominent, while the latter is flowing. How prosperous! " During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the reputation of the Fang family represented by Tongcheng Fang family reached its peak. China Dictionary of Names contains 242 celebrities of Fang family, accounting for 0.53% of the total number of celebrities, ranking 38th. Famous writers account for 0.8 of the total number of writers in China in past dynasties, ranking twenty-five; Famous doctors accounted for 0.66, ranking third1place. According to the proportion of celebrity surnames, Fang's celebrity rate is 1 1, reaching 147.22. (In turn: Qian Gulu, Shen Shi, Xiao Du, Kong, Zheng), and the famous representatives of Fang's family in past dynasties are Fang Shu, a famous minister in Han Dynasty, and Fang Gan, a poet in Tang Dynasty. Fang Yizhi, a great scholar in the Ming Dynasty, the originator of Tongcheng School in the Qing Dynasty, the writer Fang, the modern revolutionary leader Fang Zhimin, the master of modern neo-Confucianism, Fang Yi, Vice Premier of the State Council, and Fang Xianzhi, the "Fang Sanxian" Fang, Fang Dishan and Gu Sheng.
Third, the county hall number
The main halls are Henan Hall, Liugui Hall, Liben Hall, Lunxu Hall, Liugeng Hall, Jule Hall, Dunyi Hall, Yongsi Hall, Daxun Hall, Youqing Hall, Yongxi Hall, Baiyun Hall, Faxiang Hall, Shien Hall, Zhuangyu Hall, Yangmuge Hall, Guangyuan Hall, Guangqi Hall, Zhengxue Hall and Shuoyuan Hall.
County looking at Henan County: In the second year of Emperor Gaozu (205 BC), it was changed to Fengsanchuan County, and it was ruled in Luoyang (now the northeast of Luoyang City, Henan Province). Jurisdiction over Xin 'an County, started as Xin (now Chun 'an, Zhejiang), and then moved to Shexian County, Anhui Province.
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